| SWEAT | Equity, for example; return was insubstantial - great, but not grand, right? (5) |
| UNION | Equity, for example, in old workhouse |
| ANGRY | Mad about a new grand right axis (5) |
| GREASY | Like a fry-up - grand, right and simple |
| GEESE | That, for example, return and see changes made (5) |
| GEANS | For example, return answer: "cherry trees" (5) |
| EGRET | Wader, for example, returns without vessels (5) |
| BANTU | Some Africans put a curse on Equity, for instance |
| RATIO | Debt-to-equity, for one |
| BIJOU | Important, not grand - little woman, superior, stylishly small (5) |
| OWNED | Had put robe on (not grand) (5) |
| LIGHT | As opera, not grand (5) |
| ABBEY | A type of monastery or convent, such as Shaftesbury's Benedictine nunnery, founded by Alfred the Great but destroyed by Henry VIII (5) |
| LOWLY | Not grand |
| PETTY | Not grand |
| PETIT | Like larceny that's not grand |
| SUTRA | Buddhist scripture is just great (but oddly ignored) |
| CHARGE | Transportation covers hotel, for example, return for fee (6) |
| UPRIGHTPIANO | An honourable, but not grand, instrument, it would seem (7,5) |
| GRANDSTANDS | At a sporting event they're great but not for sitting it seems |
